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Today, September 23, 1968, in The Beatles’ History, The Beatles were working on one of the White Album’s highlights, ‘Happiness Is A Warm Gun’ this was the first recording session for this song. The session took place from 7pm-3am. The Beatles recorded 45 takes of the song, which had the working title ‘Happiness Is A Warm Gun In Your Hand’. John played electric guitar and sang a guide vocal, George was on another electric guitar, Paul played bass, and Ringo was on drums. The song’s various changes in tempo and time signature resulting in a number of breakdowns. The following evening they taped another 25 attempts, which eventually resulted in a usable backing track. John derived the title of "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" from an article in the May 1968 issue of American Rifleman, The magazine belonged to George Martin , the Beatles' producer, who had brought it with him to the recording studio.John recalled his reaction to the phrase: "I just thought it was a fantastic, insane thing to say. A warm gun means you just shot something." The final portion of the song features backing vocals by George and Paul. An excerpt from the demo was released on Anthology 3 in 1996, with the full demo being released on the super deluxe edition of the White Album in 2018. #thebeatles #beatles #johnlennon #paulmccartney #georgeharrison #ringostarr #johnpaulgeorgeringo #thewhitealbum #happinessisawarmgun #mothersuperiorjumpedthegun #thesixties #1968 #doublealbum #anapplerecord #bangbangshootshoot #thanksforviewing #sily #nowandalways #beatlesforever #beatlemania #peaceandlove